digital music/video
12/29/2006, 11:15am, EST
Friday, December 29th
MS may take on iTV at CES in January
Microsoft is planning to use its aggressive showing at January's CES trade show in Las Vegas to introduce a home server that would function as a media hub for a home network. Sources speaking to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley allege that the Windows Home Server is expected to serve as a combination of a network-friendly PC with a customized version of Windows Vista that would ease the process of sharing media with computers, Microsoft's Xbox 360, and similar devices that can tap into the Redmond-based company's Media Center software. The hardware may also include media extenders or a special network router, according to Electronista. The source leaked no specifications, the announcement -- if valid -- is likely timed to compete directly with a formal announcement of Apple's iTV or other media-related products that could be released at the MacWorld Expo due to begin alongside CES.
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LOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!
Microgarbage: morons of society.
Hey, they can call it MSN Video and 12 months from now, when they ditch the Zune, they can make all the downloaded files completely incompatible with the Zune successor! History repeating itself!
"MS may release new product at some point that may compete with some new product Apple may release at some point. Stay tuned as more details come in!"
Next thing you know someone's going to be reporting that Apple might be working on some type of cell phone that may compete in the mobile phone market, or perhaps the smart phone market, or the over-featured phone market, or might provide their own phone service, or work with any phone service, or sign a deal to work with a specific provider.
Check it out in MacroSuck(tm)'s own words at:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/D/6/5D6EAF2B-7DDF-476B-93DC-7CF0072878E6/output_protect.doc